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These people’s word for “farewell” titles a poetic lament that asks “who now shall refill the cup” and opens, (10[1])“Ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind.” (10[1])A language spoken (10[1])by these people is called “over-pretty” and “semantically sentimental” and compared to Nevbosh and Naffarin in the essay “A Secret Vice.” The poem “Namárië” is in this people’s language, (10[1])for which the Tengwar script (10[1])was developed (10[1])by a master craftsman (10[1])whose father Finwë (-5[1])was (-5[1])the first of these people to be killed in Aman. (10[1])These people revered Varda the “star-kindler,” whose epithet is “Tintallë” in their Quenya language (10[4])and (10[2])“Gilthoniel” (10[1])in the related Sindarin. (10[1])After migrating to Valinor, (10[1])many of these people returned (10[1])with Fëanor to Beleriand to wrest three jewels back from Morgoth. For 10 points, Galadriel is a member (10[1])of what immortal race (10[1])in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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